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Robert L. Pemberton (1860-1944) Papers
Pemberton, Robert Landon, 1860-1944
A&M 0278
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1880-1944
1891-1944
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robert L. Pemberton (1860-1944) Papers, A&M 0278, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Letters, mainly incoming correspondence, speeches, and printed materials of R.L. Pemberton, for many years editor of
The St. Marys Oracle. Correspondents include A.I. Boreman, G.W. Atkinson, Robert A. Armstrong, Louis Bennett, John J. Cornwell, W.E. Glasscock, H.C. Greer, P.I. Reed, Louis Johnson, and Homer A. Holt. The correspondence concerns politics and Pemberton's activities with newspaper associations in West Virginia. Included are religious pamphlets, newspapers, and a typescript, "Origin of The Wetzel Democrat" by D.L. Long.
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Editors - letters and papers.
Politics and government.
Religion. SEE ALSO Churches.
Wetzel Democrat (New Martinsburg, W. Va.)
Saint Marys Oracle
Armstrong, Robert A.
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925
Bennett, Louis, Sr., 1849-1918
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925
Greer, H.C.
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975
Johnson, Louis.
Long, D.I.
Pemberton, Robert Landon, 1860-1944
Reed, Perley Isaac, 1887-1973
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: A.I. Boreman to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: Regarding appointment as Commissioner in Chancery, Pleasants County, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1646941891 July 151Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: G.W. Atkinson to R.L. Pemberton[?]; Places: Wheeling, WV; Subjects: Regarding politicsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1646951892 July 091Form: Manuscript; Persons: Robert L. Pemberton, A.I. Boreman, T.P. Jacobs, and Joseph R. Paull; Places: Pleasants County, WV; Subjects: License issued to Robert L. Pemberton, Pleasants County, to practice law in West Virginia. Signed by A.I. Boreman, Judge of Fifth Judicial Circuit, T.P. Jacobs, Judge of Fourth Judicial Circuit, and Joseph R. Paull, Judge of First Judicial CircuitArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1646961893 June 291Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: A.I. Boreman to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1646971895 January 251Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: G. Stahl to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: Regarding lecture and entertainment at Pemberton's schoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1646981897 November 121Form: Manuscript; Persons: R.L. Pemberton and G.W. Atkinson; Places: Pleasants County, WV; Subjects: Certificate of appointment of R.L. Pemberton as a Notary Public in Pleasants County, signed by G.W. AtkinsonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1646991898 October 251Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: W.B. Mathews to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Regarding Pemberton's poetryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647001903 August 071Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: S.C. Priest [sic] to Editor, Evening Dispatch, New Martinsville, WV; Places: Newark, OH and New Martinsville, WV; Subjects: Regarding Pemberton's poetryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647011904 April 111Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Robert A. Armstrong (WVU) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647021905 January 121Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: William B. Mathews to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647031907 November 201Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Louis Bennett to R.L. Pemberton (editor, St. Marys Oracle); Places: Weston, WV; Subjects: Regarding politicsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647041908 June 291Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Richard S. Graves to R.L. Pemberton; Places: St. Joseph, MO; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647051908 October 071Form: Letter signed; Persons: B.M. Ambler to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV[?]; Subjects: PoliticsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647061910 November 141Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Robert A. Armstrong to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647071910 November 141Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: John J. Cornwell (Governor of West Virginia) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Romney, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647081910 December 241Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: W.E. Glasscock (Governor of West Virginia) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Regarding Good Roads ConferenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647091910 August 201Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: W.E. Chilton to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Washington, D.C.; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647101911 June 061Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Neeson C. Hubbard to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Wheeling, WV[?]; Subjects: Regarding politicsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647111911 March 061Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Neeson C. Hubbard to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Wheeling, WV[?]; Subjects: Regarding politicsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647121911 April 011Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: James W. Weir to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Washington, D.C.; Subjects: Mentions Pemberton's humorous writings, and Columbian magazine [potentially referring to The Hampton-Columbian Magazine]Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647131911 May 041Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Robert A. Armstrong; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647141912 January 141Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: E.A. Brannon to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Weston, WV; Subjects: PoliticsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647151912 March 231Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Andrew Price to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Marlinton, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647161912 March 251Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: William B. Mathews to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647171915 April 101Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: M.H. James (Secretary, William Penn Highway Association) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Harrisburg, PA; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647181917 January 241Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: John J. Cornwell (Governor of West Virginia) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Romney, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647191916 December 081Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: John J. Cornwell (Governor of West Virginia) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Romney, WV; Subjects: Regarding Cornwell's candidacy for governorArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647201916 January 241Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: John J. Cornwell to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Romney, WV; Subjects: Regarding politicsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647211916 January 291Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: W.E. Chilton to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647221918 June 101Form: Letter signed; Persons: F.W. Shappert (traffic manager, Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Chicago, IL; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647231918 July 031Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: J.J. Cornwell to Col. R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647241919 October 011Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: J.N. Darling (cartoonist) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: New York, NY; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647251920 June 261Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: (WVU) P.L.I. Reed to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Regarding second annual WV Journalism ConferenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647261923 November 031Form: Letter signed; Persons: H.C. Greer to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647271929 December 231Form: Letter signed; Persons: Phil Conley to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647281929 June 101Form: Letter signed; Persons: Governor H.M. Gore to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647291929 February 261Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: P.I. Reed to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647301929 July 021Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Lewis H. Adams to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647311929 December 311Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Lewis H. Adams to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647321930 January 111Form: Typed letter; Persons: Lewis H. Adams to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647331930 January 171Form: Letter signed; Persons: Clyde B. Johnson to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Regarding origin of name of St. Marys, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647341930 January 221Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: C.R. Ogden to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Man, WV; Subjects: Regarding anthology of WV verse being complied by OgdenArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647351930 February 041Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: W.H. Schulz to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Wheeling, WV; Subjects: Regarding West Virginia state songArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647361930 March 211Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Robert A. Armstrong to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647371930 May 161Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Olive C. Barnes, WV Woman's Christian Temperance Union, to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647381930 August 091Form: Letter signed; Persons: P.I. Reed to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647391931 May 271Form: Letter signed (copy); Persons: R.L. Pemberton to J. J. Cornwell; Places: St. Marys, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647401934 April 171Form: Letter signed; Persons: Louis Johnson to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Clarksburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647411934 May 181Form: Letter signed; Persons: Louis Johnson to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Clarksburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647421934 May 291Form: Letter signed; Persons: Ross B. Johnston to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Regarding Commission on Historic and Scenic MarkersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647431935 April 291Form: Letter signed; Persons: Homer A. Holt to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647441936 March 311Form: Letter signed; Persons: Horace Reynolds to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Cambridge, MA; Subjects: Regarding Great Kanawha River in Rivers of America seriesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647451943 October 231Form: Letter signed; Persons: Ray Lambert (WV Conservation Commission) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647461944 March 241Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Margaret Smith Boyd to Pemberton family; Places: No places listed; Subjects: No specific subjects listedArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/164747December 221Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: George Creel to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Washington, D.C.; Subjects: Regarding series of articles about Creel's grandfatherArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/164748April 081Form: Typescript; Persons: D.L. Long; Places: Sanford, FL; Subjects: "Origin of The Wetzel Democrat," by D.L. Long [2 pp.]Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647492Form: Printed materials; Persons: R.L. Pemberton and W.H. Schulz; Places: No place listed; Subjects: "West Virginia State Song," words by R.L. Pemberton, music by W.H. Schulz. ©1930 by W.H. Schulz.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/164750ca. 19302Form: Printed materials; Persons: F.M. Yates; Places: St. Marys, WV; Subjects: "Earnest Inquiries: an Interesting Conversation on Fundamental(!) Doctrines of Christianity…" by F.M. Yates, editor of The Watch-Word. 6 St. Marys, WV Watch-Word Printing Office, 1878 "First pamphlet printed in St. Marys, printed by R.L. Pemberton."Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/164751ca. 18782Form: Printed materials; Persons: J.W.T. Goode; Places: Pruntytown, WV; Subjects: "Wonderful Disclosure of the Bible Relative to the Antediluvian World, Comprising the Probable Population of the World at the Time of the Flood,…" by J.W.T. Goode, Minister of the Gospel, Pruntytown, WV [19 pp.]Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/164752undated2Form: Newspapers; Persons: No persons listed; Places: St. Marys, WV; Subjects: The Observer, Vol. III, No. 48Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647531880 November 252Form: Newspapers; Persons: No persons listed; Places: Wheeling, WV; Subjects: Wheeling Register, Vol. 18, No. 303Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647541882 July 072Form: Newspapers; Persons: No persons listed; Places: New Martinsville, WV; Subjects: The Wetzel Volunteer, Vol. 2, No. 15Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647551888 May 242Form: Newspaper; Persons: No persons listed; Places: Romney, WV; Subjects: The Hampshire Review, Vol. 57, No. 5, "John J. Cornwell Golden Anniversary Supplement"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647561940 November 062Form: Newspapers; Persons: No persons listed; Places: Wheeling, WV; Subjects: Wheeling News-Register, Vol. XLVI, No. 177, "Flood Edition"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1647571936 March 192Form: Typescript; Persons: R.L. Pemberton; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Typescripts and notes of 14 speeches made by Mr. Pemberton before newspaper meetings, Kiwanis, etc.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/164758undated2